Chancay Pottery Jar Fragments ewepeople Carlos Museum of Emory University

Carlos Museum of Emory University

adding a sense of continuity and rhythm to the design

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where they were often repurposed as incense boxes (kōgō) in the refined context of tea ceremonies

Éva David & Mikkel Sorensen

Chancay Pottery Jar Fragments ewepeople Carlos Museum of Emory UniversityPre Columbian era, Chancay culture, 1000 1470AD, Peru. Fascinating group of four unpolished, hand painted pottery jar fragments. The Chancay were a pre Columbian archaeological civilization which developed between the valleys of Fortaleza, Pativilca, Supe, Huaura, Chancay, Chilln, Rimac and Lurin, on the central coast of Peru from c. 1000AD 1470AD. The Chancay culture is defined archaeologically by a distinctive and homogeneous ceramic style. These